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Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, or RTF document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.

Author Guidelines

Submissions must not exceed the required size of at least 6,000 words and a maximum of 8,000 words including tables, pictures, graphics, references, and appendixs. The manuscript is typed in text format (.doc / .docx), A4 size (21 x 29.7 cm) with top, right, bottom, and left margins of 2.5 cm each, spaced 1 using Gulliver 10pt, except section titles and chapters 11pt, abstracts 9pt, and 9pt for tables. The distance between paragraphs one and the next 6pt. The manuscript consists of separate sections and does not use encoding or numbering both sections and subsections. For more detailed information, please download the article template that we have provided. Article Template JBFI

The structure of the article consists of:
1) The title of the manuscript. The title should be informative and be written both briefly and clearl, must be appropriate to the issue to be discussed in the manuscript. The article title does not contain any uncommon abbreviation. The article title should be written no more than 20 words, Gulliver font size of 12pt, bold and center. An abstract should be a brief summary of significant items of the main paper.
2) Abstract. Authors must supply a structured abstract in their submission, set out under 4-7 sub-headings (see our "How to... write an abstract" guide for practical help and guidance):
a. Objective (mandatory)
b. Research Design & Methods (mandatory)
c. Findings (mandatory)
d. Implications (mandatory)
e. Contribution (mandatory)
Maximum is 250 words in total (including keywords and article classification), font Gulliver 9 pt.
Authors should avoid the use of personal pronouns within the structured abstract and body of the paper (e.g. "this paper investigates..." is correct, "I investigate..." is incorrect).
3) Introduction. In the introduction section, context of the research should be established, the purpose and/or hypothesis that was investigated should be stated. The information on previous research on the subject can be included either in Introduction, or in the following section. Also, the main idea, importance, novelty, etc. can be indicated in this section. Use style Paragraph body, Gulliver 10 pt, and line spacing single.
4) Literature Review. A literature survey, revealing all important authors dealing with the topic of the article. Use style Paragraph body, Gulliver 10 pt, and line spacing single. Use subsections if needed with the title subsection with Gulliver 10pt, bold, align left, and line spacing single.
5) Methods. The method is implemented to solve problems, including analytic methods. The methods used in the problem solving of the research are explained in this part. Use style Paragraph body, Gulliver 10 pt, and line spacing single.
6) Finding. Finding should be clear and concise. If the paper requires a table or image, use formaton template.
7) Discussion. Discussion should explore the significance of the results of the work, not repeat them.
8) Conclusion. Presents conclusion of paper, based on results and analysis described in previous section. Conclusion can also including research implication, limitations and recommendations for future research.
9) References. References Style use American Psychological Association (APA) 6th Edition. The bibliography must include more than 20 scientific references. The bibliography must include at least 5 references indexed in Scopus or Web of Science. Recent studies published for last five years must be included in references. Other than English literature should be kept to the minimum. We advise to use no more than 20% of references written in non‐English languages (unless the country‐specific article). Articles based only on Your own domestic literature (in your native language, not English) will be rejected.

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